Question

How many ways can four runners finish a race?








A.
10







B.
24







C.
4







D.
1
is it 10?

Answer 1

no it is not ten

Answer 2

4! probably

Answer 3

4 choices for first place
3 for second
2 for third
1 for last
by the counting principle the number of ways this can be done is
\[4\times 3\times 2\times 1\]

Answer 4

The answer is B.

Answer 5

Try the counting principle.

Answer 6

Running
Walking
Crawling
Rolling
Wheel-Barrowing
Carried
Skipping
...
I could go on.

I do wish we had better questions in out textbooks!

Answer 7

Is the question asking for what places the runners can finish in?

Answer 8

Assuming there are no ties and all four runners finish the race, how many different positions can there be? Please read satellite73's explanation.

Answer 9

its 4 factorial 4! =24